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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-09-10
FIGHTING A SHARK.
London Telegraph.

A diver named Quintree had a
remarkable fight with a formidable
fish called the boultous or pondro,
kind of shark which infests the
Breton coast at Douarnenez, the
other day. Quintree had a narrow
escape. The diver, an old salt, was
employed by the government, and
in pursuit of his daily labor duly
descended, in a diving apparatus,
off the Douarnenez pier for the
purpose of laying the foundation
of an addition to that structure.
While he was at the bottom of
the sea the men who were working
the air pump in the pontoon boat
above were suddenly frightened by
feeling the alarm signal. They in
stantly pulled up, and brought a
large boultous, nearly eight feet
long, to the surface. The marine
monsters head formed three-quar-
ters of his length, and his under
Jaws were of immense size. Shortly
afterwards Quintree came up, his
hand on the air pipe of his helmet,
and his diving apparatus somewhat
damaged as5d. %S'hhen ne went down to o
his work he had scarcely got to the
last rung of the ladder when he
saw the sea monster lying between
two huge Jumps OF rock. He had
in his hands only his stone shisel
and hammer, and he intended to
go up for a crowbar at once, but
the fish was too fast for him.
1t came toward him in the green
water, with its enormous jaws wide
open. Without losing a moment
Quintree managed to wound the
animal i'm the throat with his chisel,
and then held it down on a stone
while he drew his knife and made a
hole in its body, through which he
passed a rope, and thus sent the
fish to the surface. Had it not
been for his quickness and dexter
ity, the diver, owing to the rents
the fish would make in his apparatus,
would have been drowned and then
AS it happened, it was
the boultous that was not only de-
feated but eaten, for its body was
divided among the victor and his
comrades, who made a capital
of the prime parts.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-09-10
Burial Customs in Mexico.

There has been a great improve
ment i'll Mexico in the matter of
funerals within the last few years.
Still, owing to the scarcity of wood,
which costs from 500 to 800 per
thousand feet, and the wretchedly
small wages of the working classes,
the poor generally rent coffin for
the last sad journey, at the cost of
about a dollar Arriving at the
cemetery, the body is taken out
and wrapped in serape, laid in its
;Css,n,ted grave and the gorgeously
painted Box returned to its owner
In thousands of cases the 99r'lVe .
hired only for the space of three or
four months, and at the end of that
time the bones are shoveled out to
make room for new tenant. Quick
lime is thrown in with the corpse
to hasten the work of decomposi-
ton, but it is no uncommon sight
to see, kicked about the charnel
yard of interior villages, skulls with
tresses of long hair attached and
other horrors, which show that no
sacredness is here attached to the
dead. To the average Mexican the
idea of death has no terrors, and
he dies as indiilerently as he has
lived. In many villages the cu--
tom is still extant of decorating
dead children with the wings of
geese and turkeys, paper crowns,
ribbons and flowers, then marching
them about the streets seated in IL
chair, and burying them amid the
noise of fre-crackers and minstrels
playing polkas and fandangoes.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-09-10

Among the standard medicines
quoted in the medical books of
Nuremberg of 200 years ago are
portions of the embalmed bodies
of mans flesh, brought from the
neighborhood of Memphis, where
there are many bodies that have
been buried for more than 1000
years, called Mumia, which have
been embalmed with costly salves
and balsams, and smell strongly of
myrrh, aloes and other fragrant
things"
The learned doctors of France,
Germany and Italy all made great
use Of this eccentric drug, and in
the seventeenth century grievous
complaints arose of its adultera-
ton. Mr.. Poinet, chief apotheeary
to the French King, records that
the kings physician went to Alex
andria to judge for himself on this
matter, and, having made friends
with a Jewish dealer in mummies,
was admitted to his 'storehouse,
where he saw piles of bodies. He
asked what kind of bodies were
used and how they were prepared.
The Jew informed him that he took
such bodies as he could get, whether
they died of some disease or of
some contagion. He embalmed
them with the sweepings of various
old drugs, myrrh, aloes, pitch and
gums ; wound them about with u
cere cloth, and then dried them in
an oven, after which he sent them
to Europe, and marveled to see that
the Christians were lovers of such
filthiness. But even this revelation
did not suffice to put mummyphysic
out of fashion, and we know that
Francis l. of France always carried
with him a well-filled medicine
chest, of which this was the prin-
cipal ingredient.
A traveller also records how one
of his friends found in the tombs
at Ghizen a jar carefully sealed,
which he opened and found to con-
tain such excellent honey that he
could not resist eating a good deal
of it, and was only checked in his
feast by drawing out a hair, where
upon he investigated further and
found the body of an ancient Egyp-
tian baby in good condition and
adorned with jewels. He does not
record how he enjoyed that meal
in retrospect. Imagine dining off
the honeyed essence OF baby
Pharaoh
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-09-10
TERRIBLE TEMPTATION.


FROM the JtNelcTs w eehiN.
A jewelry store is a place where
weaknesses of the human race can
be discerned mere easily than in
any other business. Place tray
of diamonds or gems upon a coun-
ter for inspection, and in the ma
jority of cases you will see in the
face of the customer an absorbing
desire to possess that seems to rule,
at times, as an uncomfortable
passion.
"You have to keep a pretty close
watch on your customers, do you
not?" we asked Broadway jeweler.
''If we did not" he replied, "the
stealings in my store would amount
to thousands of dollars yearly
There are certain customers of mine
who are placed under a careful es-
pionage from the time they appear
in the store until they are gone.
There have been cases in my cXpe-
rience where | knew that there was
going to be something stolen. We
would simply allow the valuables
to be taken, send the bill to the
father or husband and it would be
paid. 1t is notorious fact that
sometimes a whole family will be
thus diseased, for with them it
amounts to a disease"
What class of people do you
watch the closest?"
"All alike. | have seen the rich
est and most reputable people steal
and act in other ways dishonesty.
Let me tell you of an incident that
occurred to me once. Twas young
man then and a clerk in Tiffany's.
Zone morning a richly attired
lady got out of her handsome car
riage and entered the store. She
walked to the diamond department
and asked to be shown some loose
gems. She selected two valuable
solitaires and paid for them. Think
ing my attention was called in an
other direction, she slyly but rapid
ly took stone and placed it in her
mouth. | saw the theft, but hardly
knew what.to do. Calling a mes
senger, | sent for our business
,manager, and told him what had
bappe,,,sed Without an instant's
deIav he said ,..Madame, you have
made mistake. l0sT, bave one of
our diamonds in your n,eouth-
Will you return it without an ex
posure?" The next moment she
gave gulp, and | knew the gem
was gone. She had swallowed. it.
OF course we were in a dilemma.
The lady became indignant, and
threatened suit and violence at the
hands of her husband"
"What did you do?"
"Sent the bill with a written ex-
planation to her husband. The
next day he paid us a visit. He
said that he believed there was a
mistake, but he could not afford an
exposure.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-09-10
BOUND FOR HUM"
st. Louis Globe-Democra,

Two old-style covered immigrant
wagons, with a single horse attached
to each, and a pony that pranced
between the two like Sergeant
Major on dress-parade, moved
along Fourth street yesterday until
it reached the corner of Pine, when
the procession came to a halt. A
man of forty-iive, with his wife and
two chubby-faced youngsters, occu-
pied wagon No. /, while the four
teen-year-old son of his father had
charge of wagon No. =. The
pony, as soon as the halt was made,
tried to stand on its hind legs,
but it was called to a sense of
proper city decorum by stento-
rian "Yawu there, Billy" The two
little kids in wagon No. 1 poked
their heads through the awning on
the port side when a Globe-Demo-
crat reporter asked the old man
whittier he had come and whittier
he was bound.
"We're bound fer hum," replied
the traveller We've just come
from Ashland, Kan, and we're GO
in plum back to Washington
County, IL, whar we b'long. Amt
Kansas nice place ter live? Mebbe
it air for some folks, but we amt
no hogs, and we know when we've
got enough. Lots of the neighbors
from Illinois KEEP a goin' out to
Kansas, and my wife and tn kids
wouldn't give me no peace till |
went long too. Waal, we've bin
thar amt we, Becky"
Right yew be, john" replied
his wife, with a smile that would
have made a Chicago divorce law
yer ashamed of himself.
How far out is Ashland?" asked
the reporter.
Nigh OH to seven hundred miles,
boss" replied the traveller.
"And how long have you been
in that wagon?"
Three weeks Yesterday; and
we'll be ter hum by Saturday, and
when we git thar, as | said before,
we'll stay thar. We ain't seen no
place half like it tn hull way out
here. AS for me, | wouldn't take
tn hull State of Kansas for a gift.
G'long thar, Jim, and stir up yer
jints."
And then the procession resum-
ed its march for "hum," via the
big bridge.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-09-10
THE BULL AND THE LOVERS.

Stamford Dispatch to New York Sun.
Ebert Hurd, the milkman, has
a lively blonde bull and a charm
ing brunette daughter. All the
neighbors are afraid of the former
and all the neighbors' boys are
crazy after the latter. Last Satur-
day night the bull broke loose from
his stall, and after foraging around
the garden sass crop found the
back door open. He entered and
helped himself to a pan of apples /;
the old folks being out he poked
open the kitchen door and went in.
Instead Of coming out the way he
entered he chose the parlor door,
and as soon as he crossed the
threshold a rotten board gave way
and the ugly beast descended to
the cellar. The good folks did not
return until bedtime, and no lamps
were lighted. Doors were closed
all around and quietness prevailed.
The next morning Mary, the
pretty daughter, insisted that she
heard groans during the night, but
she was laughed at, and no more
was thought of it. The whole fam
lily started early for day at Sea-
side park, in Bridgeport, and came
home soon enough for Mary to be
in when her lover came. Soon af-
ter dark he knocked at the front
door, and to escape mosquitoes the
couple entered the parlor.
Mary started for the shelf for a
match, and down she went, land
ing plump on the Jersey bulls
back. Her exclamation was one
of surprise rather than pain, and
her lover quickly ran to learn the
cause. Quicker than a wink he
landed in Mary's arms, and the
situation became decidedly inter-
esting. 1t took more than an hour
to straighten matters out so that
sparkling could be resumed, and
everybody, including the old folks,
promised dead silence.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-09-10
His Dodge Failed.

Thursday morning the doctor
rang the bell at Sioux Falls house
and to the woman who responded
said:
MADAME, your husband said
you had sustained some serious
injuries this morning and sent me
up to see you"
swell, you can just go right
back again." replied the woman
vigorously, beginning to get red in
the face, ''I'm all right, and you
can't come in this house Just be-
cause / fell down the back steps
this morning with a pail of water
that he ought o been carrying and
sprained my ankle a little he
needn't think he can smooth it
over by sending a doctor up and
acting SO terrible thoughtfully all
at oncel You just go on, and if
you want to come snooping around
here at any time, just come about
noon when he comes home and my
ankle feels little better than it
did this morning. and if he doesn't
need you services himself then l
lose my guess |"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-09-10
SWIMMING FOR GIRLS.

Miss Emily Faithful writes thus
in the lads Pictorial "A Swedish
friend once told me that in Sweden
if lady cannot swim she is at
once suspected of some exceptional
delicacy of constitution, just as we
should credit an English girl with
some special weakness if we heard
she could not walk and she said
that in almost every city there was
an excellent arrangement for open
air swimming. | should like to
see the matter taken up more keenly
bv our Board schools. The phys
ical power of poor children is ter
ribly drained by impure air and
unclean dwellings, and scant, i'll
prepared food. Bathing would GER
tainly prove of great advantage IN
the development of their bodies.
remember hearing an anecdote from
a well Known clergyman In the
Midlands who has done much to
promote the physical as well as the
moral well-being of the poor is his
district, which is worth repeating
lie always treated his choir boys to
a weekly bath, and asking the
mother of an absentee the cause OF
his non-appearance, she replied she
had forbidden her son to go because
she could not satisfy him with
bread afterwards-''it's made him
so hungry" Nothing is more in
vigorating to the health than swim
ming
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-09-10

said the official, anxious to get the
invention for little or nothing.
"All right" said Stayner. III
you don't take it others will" And
he started to 60.
"Hold on !" called the official
when Stayner had reached the door.
Hold on. Perhaps we can do bet
ter. Give us until tomorrow to
think it over"
"No, SIR" said Stayner emphati-
cally, "you must decide to-day"
Then the head of the company
begged for an hour for considera-
ton. 1t was given. On Stayner' RS
return he was told that the compa-
ny would take the patent but could
not pay his price.
"Well," said Stayner, "Tve got a
good thing and | know it. Since |
have been out | have changed my
terms. | will let you have it at the
same amount in cash as | said be-
fore, but you have. got to give me
more stock"
They did.
Stayner got his start, became sec
retary of the company, and later
drifted into finance.
Christopher Meyer, who has been
Ives hacker to some extent, used
to be a porter in this city. He
owes his fortune to two wealthy
ladies who established him in the
rubber business. Now he is worth
I15 O0D ODO
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-09-10

There is just now a conflict of
medical authority on a subject OF
great importance, namely, the ques-
ton of whether light or dark clothes
are the coolest for summer wear.
The subject has practical interest
for those who can buy new clothes
and a scientific interest for those
who can not.
In the Epoch DIR. Willard Parker
says:
The best way to dress is to wear
thin wooden material next to the
skin, as little outside clothing as
possible. and that of a light color.
Dark colors draw the heat and
light ones repel it.
But in the same magazine no
less an authority than Dr. Cyrus
Edison says:
1t is best to wear dark clothing
in the summer. The black absorbs
heat when it is in the suns rays.
On the other hand the heat will
pass out through the black textures
rapidly, so that the radiation of the
heat from the body will be much
freer in a person clothed in black
than white. This statement is
forcibly illustrated by the white
coats of animals who live in the
Arctic regions. They are clothed
in that way for the reason that the
color holds the bodily heat and
does not allow it to radiate as rap
idly as black.
\ distinguished physician said
in answer to the foregoing:
"Dr. Edison is unfortunate in his
reference to the white fur of Arctic
animals. Darwin says it is gen
orally agreed by naturalists that the
color of an animals fur is adapted
to either concealing itself from its
enemies or for approaching its prey
unawarcs. Hence it resembles the
complexion of the country in which
the animals i've.
The tiger in the jungles of India
and the polar bear are examples.
The best example, however, is the
Arctic grouse, which turns white in
winter and heather colored in sum
mer. according to its habitat.
''The blackness of the negro race
proves nothing, because they live
side by side with bushmen much
lighter in color, who apparently
have lived as long as they have in
Africa without becoming assimi-
lated to the negro race. The negro
owes his immunity from the heat
to the great development of his
sweat glands. 1t is only by the
evaporation of the perspiration
that man is enabled to live in a
temperature higher than himself,
and a Partisan doctor passed an
hour in bakers oven at a temper
ature of $50 degrees owing to this
fact.
- 81 think the authority of the uni
versa .practice of mankind should
not be disi1segarded: The planters
in the South are white = rabs and
Asiatics sport the white turban, att. ,
the English army medical authori-
ties clothe European and Indian
soldiers in hot clinatec in wbifn
'As wool is a good non-conduc-
tor, it is best adapted to keeping
out the heat or keeping in the heat
az the case may be, so that in sum-
mer it should be worn light, and,
if exposed to the sun, white also I;
in the winter, when the suns rays
are not strong, it may be worn any
color. IN. Y. Sun.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-09-10
The Gold that is in the Sea.

On the 9th of October, 1899, the
Latine, commanded by Capt. Skyn-
ner, went ashore on the bank Of the
Fly island, and 9140,0O0 went
down with the vessel.
In the reign of James III. some
English adventures fitted out a
vessel to search for and weigh up
the cargo of a rich Spanish ship
which had been lost on the coast
of South America. They recovered
100000, which had been lying at
the bottom of the sea forty-four
years. A medal was struck in Eng
land i'm honor of this event in 1857.
In 1867 a Dutch East Indiaman
foundered, and 100000 were ;lost.
The price of four such armadas as
that of 1888 went down in the
eighteenth century, in the shape of
gold, silver and plate. She was
the annual register ship, as the
term then was, and had in her 5OO,-
600 piastras and 10000 ounces of
gold on account of the king, and
twice that sum on the merchants
account, making her very rich
ship. She foundered, and no man
escaped to tell how and when. The
sum of 100000 sterling, besides
Jewels of great value, were lost that
same year in a ship from Australia.
A part of the money was recovered.
This dreadful shipwreck is referred
to in Dickens "Uncommercial
Traveller" The sea has habit of
concealing its plunder, but science
is slowly gaining foothold, even
at the bottom of the sea, and no
doubt in time to come foundered
ships carrying down great treasure
will have to yield them up again.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-09-10
y. nURKlNG CLASSES ATTENTION!

vim are now prepared to furnish all classes
rma iployment at home, the whole of the
neu, f Gr ior their spare moments. Business
ser nsilt and profitable. Persons of either
eyen;asy earn from % cents To $500 per
inc all ana a proportional sum bv devot-
pirls ~ ~ ulelr time to the business. Bows and
Who son in nearly as much as men. That all
les, ~ this may send their address, and
such he a business. we make this Offer. To
one danare a are not well satisfied we will send
Fnll rnrs: nsr 70 pay for the trouble of writing
Grpan rppiculars and outfit free. Address
cIissoS & Co., Portland, Maine.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-09-10

the gun which killed the handsome
General Thielman, our opponents
commander"
Seen. Thielman was my father 7"
he said.
There was a moments silence,
and then Mr.. Thielman, who is a
prominent broker in Wall street,
turned to Captain Hudson, extend
ed his hand and said:
"The war is over. Let us forget
and forgive" IS. F. Argus.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-09-10

The KEYSTONE has long been ac@uow@-
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mining regions. and located as il is in the
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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-09-10

At Long Branch-She-Did you
attend the hop last night? He
No, couldn't go. She-The rich
young brewer from Boston was the
center of attraction. He-That's
queer. She-Queer, why?He-
why, l had supposed all the brew
ers had foresworn hops long ago.
It'd Bits.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-09-10

"John," said the wife of a Ken
tucky editor, "your patent combl-
nation pocket-knife is all rusty
all hut the corkscrew part.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-09-10

The little girl wasn't far wrong
when she told her Sunday-school
teacher, in answer to the question,
"What is the worst thing about
money!" that it was ''cause we amt
got any" We can all say that.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-09-10

It is true that doctors disagree,
but they don't disagree half so
much as their medicines DO.